When truth is luckier than fiction
MOTHER may well know best, but it is not always best to give full credence to family traditions or folk memories. Sometimes, they gain lustre and romance down the generations, but, occasionally, the truth is more impressive than what has been passed down. That was the case for the lucky vendors of what turned out to be the most expensive lot ever sold at a Scottish auction when offered on May 20 at Lyon & Turnbull in
